{"id":463533,"date":"2011-07-18T20:25:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T20:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/18\/andre-villas-boas-faces-an-%e2%80%98enormous-challenge%e2%80%99-at-chelsea-%e2%80%93-manchester-united-boss-sir-alex-ferguson\/"},"modified":"2011-07-18T20:25:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T20:25:00","slug":"andre-villas-boas-faces-an-enormous-challenge-at-chelsea-manchester-united-boss-sir-alex-ferguson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/18\/andre-villas-boas-faces-an-enormous-challenge-at-chelsea-manchester-united-boss-sir-alex-ferguson\/","title":{"rendered":"Andre Villas-Boas faces an \u2018enormous challenge\u2019 at Chelsea \u2013 Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Kieran Crowley<\/h3>\n<h4>18 Jul 2011 21:25:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"66.8631123919\">\n<div readability=\"12.375\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/132900\/132935_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"7.06451612903\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a> boss <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/scotland\/8123\/sir-alex-ferguson\">Sir Alex Ferguson<\/a> insists new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/96\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/portugal\/43211\/andr%C3%A9-villas-boas\">Andre Villas-Boas<\/a> will be facing &#8216;an enormous challenge&#8217; ahead of his first season as a Premier League manager.<\/p>\n<p>Villa-Boas replaced Carlo Ancelotti at the Stamford Bridge helm despite the Italian leading the Blues to second in the league last season and previously, the FA Cup and Premier League double &#8211; the first time Chelsea achieved the feat.<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;It is a big step for Chelsea and an enormous challenge,&#8221; Ferguson told reporters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><span>&#8220;He knows the club.<\/span> <span readability=\"13\">He has been there before so that is an advantage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old Portuguese manager worked under Jose Mourinho at Stamford Bridge, and his management style has drawn a lot of resemblances to the &#8216;Special Ones&#8217; style.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Villas-Boas only has two seasons of experience in top-flight football but won the treble at Porto last season, including the Europa League triumph over Braga.<\/p>\n<p>At the same age, Ferguson was managing lowly Scottish team East Sterling where he could barely afford to employ any staff.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: &#8220;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span>I was 32 when I started but I was managing a wee second division team in Scotland.<\/span>&#8220;All I had was a physio. I had no assistant manager or anything like that.<br \/><span><br \/><\/span><span readability=\"6\">&#8220;He has the advantage, irrespective of his age, of having the staff he wants to have.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But Ferguson believes the Stamford Bridge outfit will provide stiff opposition to his side next season, as their new manager has an abundance of quality players at his disposal, something which the Scot believes will only help the former Porto boss.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span readability=\"3\">&#8220;He has a very experienced bunch of players there,&#8221; Sir Alex continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For a young manager having to go to a club of that size, experienced players are a help to him.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/><span><br \/><\/span><span>&#8220;We expect Chelsea to be challenging again.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/18\/2580746\/andre-villas-boas-faces-an-enormous-challenge-at-chelsea\" title=\"Andre Villas-Boas faces an \u2018enormous challenge\u2019 at Chelsea \u2013 Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andre Villas-Boas faces an \u2018enormous challenge\u2019 at Chelsea \u2013 Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Kieran Crowley 18 Jul 2011 21:25:00 Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United Related Links Teams Players Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson insists new Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas will be facing &#8216;an enormous challenge&#8217; ahead of his first season as a Premier League manager. Villa-Boas replaced Carlo Ancelotti at the Stamford Bridge helm despite the Italian leading the Blues to second in the league last season and previously, the FA Cup and Premier League double &#8211; the first time Chelsea achieved the feat. &#8220;It is a big step for Chelsea and an enormous challenge,&#8221; Ferguson told reporters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Andre Villas-Boas faces an \u2018enormous challenge\u2019 at Chelsea \u2013 Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/18\/andre-villas-boas-faces-an-enormous-challenge-at-chelsea-manchester-united-boss-sir-alex-ferguson\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Andre Villas-Boas faces an \u2018enormous challenge\u2019 at Chelsea \u2013 Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Kieran Crowley 18 Jul 2011 21:25:00 Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United Related Links Teams Players Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson insists new Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas will be facing &#039;an enormous challenge&#039; ahead of his first season as a Premier League manager. 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